Niedergesteln
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Niedergesteln is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Niedergesteln
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Gestelnburg1.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Ruins of Gestelnburg above Niedergesteln village
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Niedergesteln COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Niedergesteln Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Valais
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-VS
- Swiss town.district
- Raron
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 3942
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 6198
- Swiss town.area
- 17.4
- Swiss town.elevation
- 639
- Swiss town.population
- 616
- Swiss town.populationof
- December 2002
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2002
- Swiss town.website
- www.niedergesteln.ch
- Swiss town.mayor
- Josef Pfammatter
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Municipality of Switzerland
- Official name
- Niedergesteln
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Westlich Raron District
- Population
- 710
- Area
- 17.63
- Elevation
- 639
- Body of water
- Rhône
- Official website
- www.niedergesteln.ch
- Image
- Gestelnburg1.jpg
- Dialing code
- 027
- Licence plate code
- VS
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- Commons category
- Niedergesteln
- postal code
- 3942
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6198
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Politics
- Economy
- Religion
- Education
- References
- External links
Niedergesteln is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
==History== thumb|Aerial view (1955) Niedergesteln is first mentioned around 1179-84 as Chastellon. In 1224 it was mentioned as Castellion. The municipality was formerly known by its French name Châtillon-le-Bas, however, that name is no longer used.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Niedergesteln” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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